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And although I am fenfible, that my Service can- 
not increafe or diminifh thy glory, yet it is pleafing 
to thy Servant to be permitted to found thy praife^ 
for, O Sovereign Lord ! we know that thou alone 
art perfed, and worthy to be worfhipped. O uni- 
versal Father ! look down upon us, we befeech 
thee, with an eye of pity and compafiion, and grant 
that univerfal peace and love may prevail in the 
earth, even that divine harmony which fills the hea- 
vens, thy glorious habitation ! 
And, O fovereign Lord ! Since it has pleafed thee 
to endue man with power and pre-eminence here 
on earth, and eftablifh his dominion over all crea- 
tures, may we look up to thee, that our under- 
Handing may be fo illuminated with wifdotn, and 
our hearts warmed and animated with a due fenfe 
of charity, that we may be enabled to do thy will, 
and perform our duty towards thofe fubmitted to 
our fervice and protection, and be merciful to them, 
even as we hope for mercy. 
Thus may we be worthy of the dignity and Su- 
periority of the high and diftinguifhed ftation in 
which thou haft placed us here on earth. 
The morning being fair, and having a gentle fa- 
vourable gale, we left our pleafant harbour, in pur- 
fuit of our defired port 
Now as we approach the capes, behold the little 
ocean of Lake George, the diftant circular coaft 
gradually rifing to view, from his mifty fringed 
horizon. I cannot entirely fupprefs my apprehen- 
fions of danger. My veflel at once diminiihed to 
a nut-fhdl on the Swelling feas, and at the dis- 
tance of a few rnilegj, muft appear to the furprifed 
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